So you want to challenge Sycrakea? o - o You must be either insane or hardcore. The contents of the guide will help u immsensely but remember: even the Seasonal version of Sycrakea is not to be taken lightly. >:3

Introducing a step by step guide to conquering Seasonal Atoraxxion Sycrakea! >w<
But before we begin, it is important to note that before you begin your Sycrakea Journey, u should know Vahmalkea's basic ins and outs as well :3
SS Vahmalkea Guide by a very smort pepo UwU: [Atoraxxion] Season Vahmalkea ULTIMATE Guide

Requirements for MainQuestline:
1. Completed [Invitation from I] Invitation from I
2. Level 60 and above and completed either Succession or Awakening Questline (Whichever unlocks first)
3. Completed Atoraxxion - Vahmalkea MainQuestline

Step 0: Before Entering Atoraxxion - Sycrakea
Before you even start the Sycrakea Questline, make sure you maximize your gains by following the stuff here! >w<

1. Get the Weekly Quests from Fughar & Daily from Jetina (PEN Accessory Burning Moonlight Powder) :3
2. Full PEN Tuvala Gear please xD (Classes like Guardian, Musa, Maehwa, Sorceress, Kunoichi, Ninja, Healers have their niche advantages as well)
3. Prepare 10k Agris Fever Points. (20k Agris if you're also running Vahmalkea)
[Update] May 18, 2022 Improved the weekly Atoraxxion quests to no longer cost Agris Fever points.
4. Enough silver for potions and repairs >w< (No Maids allowed inside)
5. Four friends you can trust~! >:3 (Two experienced players in here please xD Or two people who have read this guide UwU)

Alright! Let's enter Sycrakea! >:D

Step 1: Entering Atoraxxion - Sycrakea
If you fulfill the above requirements, summon the Black Spirit and start the [Atoraxxion] Edan's Letter questline!
[Update] October 12, 2022
Changed so Talibre's Tear is no longer a requirement to enter Atoraxxion via the Sol Magia.
During the MainQuest itself, you will be rewarded a FREE Talibre's Tear ^^
The Talibre's Tear can be used in the Ancient Stone Chamber to teleport you to any of the Atoraxxion Dungeons available.

To craft Talibre's Tear (Key to Atoraxxion) you just have to heat five items 49x each together in L > Heating.
- Fire Horn
- Trace of Despair
- Powder of Flame
- Black Stone Powder
- Clear Liquid Reagent

After your first run, you typically teleport straight into Sycrakea from Vaha's Garden after completing your Vahmalkea Run via the Elribta's Door.

Step 2: Sycrakea - Syca's Scale

Compared to Vahmalkea, Sycrakea has a fairly simple layout with very little restrictions to travel around.
The questline's as simple as Vahmalkea, so I won't elaborate. xD Your Objective in this Zone is:
1. Clear the Puzzles in the MQ.
2. Summon mobs with the Gateways and kill the Elite Mobs, which will give you Eggs and Scales.

Unlike Vaha which is kind and warm, Syca is a merciless biome D:
Scattered around is fire that burns and ice that freezes, even unfamiliar mobs that want to unalive you. :c
Regardless, you stand under the Floating Glowy Cubes (Eternal Gateways) and an array of colourful critters apear and boop you :3
Until you notice Elite Mobs >:c (Star on the Minimap) And they can't be killed whut? @ _ @ (Unga Bunga doesn't work halp ; - ;)
Worry not! Here are the mechanics of the only two Elite Monsters >w<

Lykina (I don't really have a nickname for it ; - ; I just call it Lykina)


DPS it like any other mob until you see the notif above ^

Three Tarkhes will spawn in a Triangle, spewing water at the watery core of Lykina. DPS and kill them with your party before time runs out! >w<
Failure to kill them in time heals Lykina and you start over again :c But if you see this notif:

Then u kill it! GGEZ WIN :3

Cartios (Scorpion I don't like D:)

Cartios is the Elite everyone dreads D: Until they read this guide of course UwU
Cartios is very straightforward actually :3 Similar to Olun Golems and their Arm. Pure DPS to break the TAIL (Around 95% hp) within the Time limit and he's dead meat! >w<
Seasonal Option: Skip Cartios completely if unable to break the tail after several attempts. Full PEN Tuvala AND timing is needed to do enough damage.

When is it okay to attack?

After you DPS Cartios a little, it will start recharging!

On the left, Cartios is Charging (Suck animation) during this time, BACK ATTACK the tail xD No excuses!
On the right, Cartios is Expelling (Spit balls animation) during this time, BACK AWAY from the tail! > - <
Cartios recharges according to a Charge > Expel > Charge pattern. If you're experienced, you can even time the expel animation xD (~10 Balls Expelled)
(P.S. The above pic is an example of TERRIBLE positioning. Your do NOT want Cartios' tail to be inside a coral xD Or you cant DPS it)

If you see this notif and Cartios flips over, Congrats >w< U win!
Just like that, we covered all the Elites in Sycrakea o - o NAISUU!

After killing a bunch of mobs and collecting 2x Scales and 2x Eggs in the first zone of Syca's Scale, u arrive at your first puzzle @ - @

Main Quest Puzzle #1: 9 PILLARS

^ Simple yet elegant!

^ That was fun! >w<

My personal favourite puzzle UwU (Definitely not cause it's the easiest) The rule is simple, talk to the pillar knobs until ALL of them are erect and spinning xD
Each R of the knob will triggle ALL surrounding knobs including itself. R-ing the middle knob will activate/deactivate ALL surrounding knobs.

Tip for beginners: It's alright to slap the pillars around mindlessly for a bit, but MAKE SURE u recognize when it's one or two moves away from clear > - <

Basic stuff: (1/2 steps away from clear)
With X meaning deactivated, O meaning activated.
X | X | X
X | X | X
X | X | X

One hit of centre Pillar will clear.

O | X | X
O | X | X
O | X | X

One hit of centre-right Pillar will clear.

O | X | X
O | X | X
O | O | O

One hit of top-right Pillar will clear.

Test: How would you solve this one in 2 moves? >:3
O | X | X
X | O | X
X | X | O
Answer: "One hit of top-right Pillar, then one hit of bottom-left Pillar will clear. o7"
Highlight above ^ for answer :3

Either way, this puzzle is fun so take ur time with it :3 (Unless there's someone u need to impress or you're the only person left on the party that hasnt finished MQ ; - ;)
After this, you pretty much run straight to the next puzzle! >w<

Main Quest Puzzle #2: 4 Squares and Stuffs

^ Bringing my friend Brania over to the Light Pillars. You're L now! (Current configuration shows 1 - 1 - 3)

^ Back in position as R and stepping on the platforms until it's reported 3 - 3 - 3.

^ Ran over to L to confirm that it's 3 - 3 - 3 now! (3 lights on each pillar)

^ Run back to position R to track the number changes L is making now.

^ 4 3 0 2 is done! (Will look the same as L's side)

^ Finally! xD

This puzzle is pretty hard xD First try took a while but once u understand u understand :3

Minimum of TWO people are needed, with one labelled LEFT (L) and one labelled RIGHT (R).
Left one is pretty far west from the Quest NPC Sol Magia so make sure ur ally knows where it is :D
Puzzle is split into 3 steps:
Step 1: R steps on the three platforms that form a triangle until ALL three lights light up on ALL three pillars on L's side :3 (He would report it as 3 3 3)
Step 2: L confirms that the three pillars are all lit up, and now he informs the cubes pattern to R. In our run it was 4 3 0 2 (It's not ACTALLY numbers btw xD But weird consecutive digit things.)
Step 3: L triggers the switches and R will confirm which Number in the sequence is which, as well as how close to completing they are. Once all 4 patterns mirror one another. Mission Complete! >w<

Tip for beginners: This Puzzle has patterns which u have to learn as u go :p Since not every button press has the same result every run. Take ur time recognizing the patterns! >w<
Here you meet your first Miniboss >:3 BERURAH!! >:D (Boss tips will be below the puzzles)

Berurah's Death signifies the end of Zone 1 >w< From here we enter Zone 2.

Zone 2 is VERY similar to Zone 1, with the only difference being the loot the elites drop. Instead of Egg of an Arid Epoch, you obtain an Egg of a Fearful Epoch. :3
Exact same thing: 2x Scales 2x Eggs.
Do your magic and defeat the elites! >w< Then proceed to the next Puzzle >:3 (You can also do the puzzle first to remove the poison in Zone 2)

^ Poison drains your potions so fast it's insane.

Main Quest Puzzle #3: Solve the Cube

^ Puzzle is divided into 3 parts (left to right): Confirmation Cube (Cube far in the front), Cube (4 cubes surrounding the Command Pillar), Command Pillar

^ 1st Option: Verify Answer. 2nd Option: Reset the Puzzle if u passed the time limit.

^ Hmm I tested one, two and three already and they weren't correct. So the answer has to be four!

^ *Hits the Cube to switch it to four and spams R on the Command Pillar* Wait what?

^ It was Zero all along? D: Always has been. 🔫

^ Good bye Mala!

This puzzle is very straightforward :3 Change the four patterns on the four Cubes to the right pattern >w<

The only challenging part is finishing it under the time limit :p Ranged Characters shine here but my Valky has no probs >:D
Simple Instructions:
1) Slap a Cube (any cube) with your stick and make sure the pattern changes :D
2) Turn around and spam R on the pillar in the centre xD
3) Look to the Floating Hexahedron Cube thing far in the front to verify if that cube has the correct pattern >w<
4) If the cube doesn't display any changes (light up/turn off) then you return to the cube and slap it again.
5) Once the Floating Giant Cube shows a light, it means u got it!
6) Continue with the other three cubes, one by one.
7) Once all 4 cubes are correct and all 4 lights on the Floating Giant Cube light up, you will unravel >w< (Oshiete Oshiete yo ; -  ;)
[Sometimes a cube is already correct by default, so make sure to confirm which one it is as you go :3]

Tip for beginners: Weapon out, basic attack, hand to eye coordination are vital >w< If u mis-hit a cube, hitting it 4 times will return you to the old conformation :D Also don't panic! xD

After defeating SERPEN, you will arrive at the fourth Puzzle :3 (Speedrunners can skip this ONLY if a member on your team can iFrame their way across xD)

Main Quest Puzzle #4: Sequencing Spinny Knobs

^ Perfect Birb's-eye view of the puzzle! >w<

^ A good spot to lean against and Observe.

^ My numbering! (Example of a sequence solution: 31546872. You can type it in chat and read from it as u deactivate the knobs.)

^ Done!

^ Deactivating the laser from the other side.

This is a two person puzzle :D One person in charge of Activating the Device, One person in charge of Deactivating the Spinny Knobs.
Plausible Procedure:
1) Find a good spot to observe all the knobs, and assign a number to each of them. (Lean against wall and 'Observe' is my method :D)
2) Friend activates the Device after you say 'R'.
3) You make a a number sequence based on the knobs > - < (Memorising this is a bit challenging, so I just type it in chat :3)
4) You run to the knobs and slap it with your stick according to the sequence which it activated. (Kinda like Simon Says xD)
5) Once all 8 knobs are deactivated, the lasers will retract and you beat the puzzle >:D
(Disclaimer: This puzzle is only necessary in the MainQuest. You can skip it during your run by pushing the Tiny Whale to the Device OR iframe-ing across on certain classes)

With that we arrive at our final MQ Puzzle! >w<

Main Quest Puzzle #5: PORTALS!

^ Most fun puzzle in the MainQuestline >w< Understanding = Matter of time before you solve it.

^ Not sure why it's disgust but Nice! >w<

How it works:
Your goal is to let the laser beam travel through ALL the portals before ending in the blue portal.
Start White > Colour #1 > Colour #2 > Colour #3 > Colour #4 > Colour #5 > Blue

What can you do:
You can talk to the centre Floaty Diamond to one of two things: either spin the bottom portals by 1 position, or command it to shoot the laser.
You can talk to each Bottom Floaty Portal to switch places with the Top Floaty Portal.

How do I know I'm correct? :
Use your imagination to shoot a laser and try following its path >w< Make sure EVERY coloured portal has it's chance to pass through before it reaches the blue death portal.

Tip for beginners: Easiest Puzzle once you understand its mechanics. Take your time to make sure the portals line up :D It can get confusing looking from back to front and back again while aiming the laser correctly in your head.

Now it's time to beat up APOCROS >:3

After Apocros, it's time for the Final Boss battle, Maleficent Centilutos :3 Before we jump into that, quick summary of each miniboss.

MINIBOSS #1: BERURAH

To Summon: L > Simple Alchemy (2x Syca's Frigid Scale + 2x Egg of an Arid Epoch) to form Yolun Piece of Envy and interacting with the Sol Magia near the Shopkeeper.
Berurah is tricky to kill in a speedrun, but the mechanics are simple >w<
Lure 1 Fish to 1 Fire.
It's that simple :3 The four fires surrounding Berurah can be extinguished by pulling the fish (Pisces) to the fire and killing them. (Any class wif Pull skills shine here)
If u extinguish all four fires before time runs out, Berurah's Defense and Offense drops to nonexistence and u can DPS it >w<
However, unless your party is all Musa, Striker and Guardian, you'll likely have to do the mechanics twice ; - ; (Boss HP is kinda high)

MINIBOSS #2: SERPEN

To Summon: L > Simple Alchemy (2x Syca's Frigid Scale + 2x Egg of a Fearful Epoch) to form Yolun Piece of Cruelty and interacting with the Sol Magia up the path next to the puzzle.
Serpen is by FAR the easiest Miniboss to defeat.
Kill all Concentrated Towers, Leave all Unstable Towers alive.

^ Serpen Minigame Start!

^ Everyone in the party runs and seek out the Concentrated Towers and destroy them! >w< Leave the blinking Unstable ones alone. :3

^ Your party didn't mess up! ^^

^ Oh no! Pearl Abyss is referencing itself! o - o

^ No u.

This part will need your party members to carry out >:3 One member can be in charge of seeking out an Abyssal Pearl (A ball on the ground u can R)
After failing to absorb the towers, Abyssal Pearls will react to Serpen. Pick up an Abyssal Pearl and stand facing Serpen when he casts Petrifying Gaze to deflect it onto him.
DPS and you're done >w<

MINIBOSS #3: APOCROS

To Summon: Uncheck Auto-arrange in I and place the items side by side in this order (removed x - x Any order is fine now): Yolun Piece of Envy Yolun Piece of Cruelty Syca’s Arid Tentacle Syca’s Burning Tentacle to form Syca’s Contorted Tentacle and interacting with the Sol Magia next to the shop.

Apocros is simple to beat as long as your team likes football :3
Football: Kick by hitting the tiny Whales (Lahtron) to each tower until the tower is enveloped in the tiny whale's AoE.

^ P1: Tower is enveloped in the Lahtron AoE.

^ P2: Smol Apocros with Shield Up. Football to remove his shield and destroy him! >:3

P3: Kill all Towers! @ - @

3 Phases:
P1 - Football to drop boss. DPS Boss.
P2 - Football to break smol whale shield. Kill smol whale. DPS Boss.
P3 - Kill all towers. Kill Boss.
Also a very simple boss >w< Nu problems here!

Exceeded Character Limit ; - ; Final boss guide continuation here: [Atoraxxion] Season Sycrakea ULTIMATE Boss Guide

Thank you for reading! If there's anything I missed feel free to mention it in the comments! >w<
Special thanks to Vernichtung, Two2, Shirosakura and Ecclairs for the first successful Seasonal Sycrakea Run!
Also shoutout to Brania for providing some of the ultra HD pictures used in the guide! @ - @''
Good luck in your Sycrakea runs~! o7

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